Top Education Official Supports More Teacher Professional Development
Release Date:
10/08/2013
Beth Fertig reports from the Education Funders Research Initiative launch event at Trinity Wall Street for The Times’ SchoolBook blog.
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Report: What Works - and Doesn't - in NYC Schools
Release Date:
10/08/2013
Beth Fertig reviews the Education Funders Research Initiative’s first two reports for The Times’ SchoolBook blog. (PNY President Ronna Brown is also interviewed in the article.)
Carnegie Corporation Awards $10 Million to Four School Districts
Release Date:
10/02/2013
Part of the foundation's multiyear, $28 million Opportunity by Design initiative, the grants will help the school districts (including the New York City Department of Education) design and open new high schools that support students in meeting the...
September 2013 Working Group Updates
Release Date:
09/25/2013
Read the latest updates on these Issue-Based Working Groups: Community Food Funders, the Education Working Group, the Health Policy Working Group, the New York City Human Services Data Project and the Service for Impact Working Group.
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards $4.5 Million for Conservation Scholars Program
Release Date:
09/20/2013
The University of Washington, Northern Arizona University and the University of Florida will each receive $1.5 million to provide undergraduates with opportunities to participate in mentored research activities in conservation biology and other...
Will California Choose Prisons Over Schools—Again?
Release Date:
09/18/2013
An op-ed by Lori Bezahler, President of the Edward W. Hazen Foundation.
Diverse Strategies for Funding Education
Release Date:
09/18/2013
Whether your organization is involved in funding education or not, we hope you will come out and join your colleagues to support a project that is a 'best practice' model for the philanthropic community.
Educational Foundation of America Welcomes New Staff Members
Release Date:
09/04/2013
Anna Campbell and Jessica Mowles have joined the staff of the Educational Foundation of America — Campbell will serve as a Program Officer for the Foundation, and Mowles as Program Associate.
Target Hands Decision on $5-Million Schools Gift to Online Voters
Release Date:
08/15/2013
For the first time, Target is letting its shoppers decide, via Facebook, how it will distribute $5 million in donations to public schools through its “Give With Target” campaign. (Target President of Community Relations Laysha Ward is also quoted in...
Goldman Sachs, Pritzker Group to Invest $7 Million in Utah School District
Release Date:
08/14/2013
Goldman Sachs and the Pritzker Group will fund the expansion of an early-childhood program in Salt Lake City's Granite School District through a social impact bond.
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